Music video final

So this is my final draft of the music video, i'm not sure whether i want to make some changes or not, i'm thinking about especially at the beginning the tones i want to make the same as the opening shot,

The video has taken a lot of time to make, and this long process of about 4 months has improved my skills on editing, putting formations of continuous imagery together in a way that flows without interruption.

It consists of about 4000 photos all together, and a frame rate of 25 frames per second, (25 pictures per second). I feel now i have learnt the basics of animation and how and why it takes so long to produce such a type of video.

^ IT PLAYED :0 , so if it plays on here then thats great if not follow the steps below...

...You may just have to give it time to process and buffer..

then press play

the video is approx 5.07 minutes long

4000 pictures

25 frame rate per second.

I dont know why but for some reason my video doesnt like to play, and took at least 2 hours

to upload it on to here, however you can view my music video on 'youtube' with the link below,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I-DmVdmcos

i have also placed it on my flickr page buts its only the beginning on the flickr page internet is very annoying at times..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jadedaniellesmith/4194470689/

though youtube does not allow the copyright of the song so you would have to open the second link below (for the song)'colorado sunrise- 30h3!' in another tab at the same time as playing the video so that the video was in correct time with the song,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEZ30qOXzPU

I dont know

why it has done this presumenly because the video is rather big memory, i wanted to much rather send the video on a disc as the video can be viewed on a much higher quality scale and

dont have to worry about the disruption of pixals over the internet.

Evaluation

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

The production of my music video has been an exciting journey, i really have enjoyed making this music video, i decided to go against and challenge the usual typical convections of a music video with 'oh i'l just get a video camera, film some person betending to be the band member and place it with the song in the forehand' i wanted to create some much more, pushing the boundaries with the facilities i have. I created my music video with the 'stop motion' technique, as mentioned before throughout my blog. This i feel is pushing the expected of how to create a music video, of course this has been done before (with links in my blog to work that is currently on youtube using this type of moving image) i feel more and more the industry of film production are expanding their boxes rather than just using video they are expanding into how can i create video without actually using video? Of course we are looking back into the history of video production, as before 'technology' came up with the oh 'mighty' portable video camera, music videos or footage was captured in frames, capturing frames and placing them together to create a moving image. So in a way i have kinda gone back to essense of video production.

Though i was not infact using a video camera but a DSLR Digital Single Lens Reflex camera i was still aware of what i wanted to create in my video, i was assuming my audience would want a wide variety of shots, which i have established particularly well with essences of a 360 degree angle shot, starting at the sea i turned anti clockwise with my camera facing the camera in direction of various random people, collecting a 360 degree moving image 'capshull' i felt really established where i was filming, and in a way kinda added that extra something 'else' to the video.

I also experimented in terms of composition, with placing my camera behind the driver and the front passenger, i wanted to create that 'moment' you get when your travelling, and the world around you feels like the greatist thing to experience. I filmed this on one of highways going through francel. I always considered the time of day i was filming, i thought this was essential in getting the right exposure for the film, for the driving scene i filmed at around 6pm as with several of the beach scenes, i thought roughly 6pm was the correct time to film for the effect i wanted to create due to the sun setting and the tones and colours that would fill the sky and horizon up. (Promtly beautiful)

Experimenting i felt was a way of challenging the convections of creating a music video, i didnt

want to create a production that had already been done, i wanted to create something
that reflected my view of how the song should in fact be reflected to the audience. Of course i know the typical convections of a music video in terms of shots, with reference to the long shot, mid shot, close up and what not, i have used all these 'typical' shots in my music video and created more, experimenting with what i have and what i could create.

I really have enjoyed doing this project and have worked extremely hard in creating this.

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

I have for my music video used several editing techniques using photoshop CS3 and Photoscape, i have found these pieces of software inresting to use, due to the fact my music video is escalated using 4000 pictures, to edit my 'video' i had to edit every single photo. I found this actually not

as hard as first persumed, I used the 'batch editing techinque' within the software of photoscape to do this, so within my music video i made sure i kept the same house style, relating to the beach 'colorado sunrise' like theme, and i have done this for my dvd covers and advertisement poster. Emphasing on contrast and warms tones just to add some extra depth and realism.

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

i have learnt what the audience wants, though this wasnt a particular factor for me, as i wanted to create a video that presented something different for the audience to watch, it was a bit of a risk, but with creation comes risk. I went out to my target audience which was teenagers to early twentys to discover what they thought of my ideas.

here are some questions i used in my audience research...

Before showing of the video

My music video production is based on the coast of florida, what do you think should be in my video?

a- surfers, sun and the beach

b- CALIFORNIA GIRLS, ermm just girls in swimsuits with boys running after them

c- ice creamm!

D- the sun set and the sea

e- waves

What are the first things that come to mind when asked to opinionate on 'stop motion'?

A- vampire weekend's music video

B- all the stuff on youtube

C- using your normal camera and taking alot of photos then putting them together in one

D- something different when considering mainstream production

E- alot of time?

After the showing of the video.

What do you think i should do to expand my video?

A- some actual video footage

B- showing of the band or people betending to be in the band

C- dont put the captions in as it makes it look not 'mainstream' i think.

D- its good, so creative always room for improvement though

E- that must have taken alot of time

How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?